Canada leads the way to a historical pledge of $3.8 billion at G7 for girlsâ€™ education in conflict and crises

By Annie Bodmer-RoyJun. 11, 2018

Syrian refugee children, pictured in 2013, living in northern Lebanon in an unfinished building. Photograph courtesy of the Department for International Development in the U.K.

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Itâ€™s been more than five years since I spoke to Zeinab, a young girl from Syria living in a tattered tent within a makeshift refugee camp in Lebanon. But her story is seared into my memory, one of both paralyzing fear and burgeoning hope. Itâ€™s Zeinab who I think of today when celebrating theÂ G7â€™s historic commitmentÂ of $3.8 billionâ€“led by Prime Minister Trudeauâ€“for girlsâ€™ education in crises. This win is for Zeinab and the millions of girls who will

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